UCLA
11-2, 2-1
Utah
11-3, 2-1
#12 Bruins Sweep #25 Utah
September 30, 2016 | Women's Volleyball
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Junior Ryann Chandler notched her fifth double-double of the season with 26 assists and 12 digs, senior Jordan Anderson posted a match-best 15 kills, senior Jennie Frager added 11 kills and just one error in 17 attempts for a .588 hitting percentage and senior Taylor Formico tallied 15 digs, as the 12th-ranked Bruins swept #25 Utah on Friday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Set scores were 25-23, 25-22, 25-20.
Chandler and freshman Kylie Miller (14 assists, three digs) set the Bruins to a .304 hitting percentage. Junior Reily Buechler had eight kills, eight digs and two service aces, senior Claire Felix added six kills and four blocks and freshman Torrey Van Winden notched five kills.
The Bruins (11-2, 2-1 Pac-12) only trailed once in the opening set at 2-1. Even at eight, the Bruins scored six straight and 10 of 12 to open up a set-best lead of eight at 18-10. Anderson was a part of four of the points on three kills and a block solo and Frager added two kills and a block assist during the run. The Bruins didn't score on their serve for the rest of the set, but managed to hold on to win the opener 25-23. Utah trimmed its deficit to 24-23 before serving an error to end the first. Anderson had nine of the 17 kills for the Bruins, who hit .293. Frager added three kills, while Chandler posted five digs and nine assists.
The second was a tale of two sets, as Utah (11-3, 2-1) led the first half, but UCLA pulled away to go up 2-0 in the match. The Utes jumped out to leads of 5-1, 8-2 and 10-4 before the Bruins methodically made their way back in it. A 9-2 run on three Frager kills, two Buechler kills with an ace, a Felix kill and two Utah attack errors gave UCLA a 13-12 edge, a lead it would not relinquish for the rest of the set. At 13-all, five of six on Felix and Frager kills, a Miller ace, a Felix/Van Winden block and a Utah ball handling error brought the Bruins' lead to a set-best four at 18-14. Like the first set, Utah fought until the end and trimmed its deficit to one at 20-19 and 22-21, but the Bruins would score three of the last four of the second, as Frager's team-best sixth kill of the set closed out the 25-22 win. Felix added three kills, while Formico added eight digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Utes .206 to .182.
UCLA's largest deficit was one on five occasions. At 5-4, a 4-0 Bruin run on kills by Van Winden and sophomore Zana Muno and two from Buechler put the visitors up 8-5. UCLA didn't trail for the rest of the set. With an 18-16 edge, the Bruins scored four in a row on two Anderson kills and two Utah errors to take a set-best lead of six at 22-16. The teams sided out from there, as an Anderson kill closed out a 25-20 victory to give the Bruins the sweep. Anderson led the way in the third with five kills, Buechler added four and Muno and Van Winden recorded three apiece. Formico posted six digs, while Chandler had five. The Bruins out-hit the Utes .405 to .286.
The Bruins play at #20 Colorado on Sunday at 11 a.m. PT. The match will air live on Pac-12 Los Angeles and Mountain.
